Aurora School BIG RAINBOW BUTTERFLY (Vic)

Tell us how your artwork addresses this year’s theme ‘I Can’:
This piece of artwork comes in all different colours and patterns, just like our group of 4 year old’s who have different strengths and abilities. If famous or well known artists like Jackson Pollock, Piet Mondrian etc, can create an abstract paintings, why not us? A group of 4 year old children can use different tools to create patterns and they can choose what colours they like to use.

Tell us about the ideas or themes your artwork explores with the theme ‘I Can’:
Different colours and patterns demonstrate that each child can focus on their personal positive growth and ability to overcome challenges together as a team. They can fly together as a team by having the freedom to explore how to be confident and independence learners, just like butterflies! (They are in the Butterfly group). Butterflies represent transformation, rebirth, uniqueness and come in different shapes, colours and sizes and they are deaf, too! Rainbows often represent hope and new beginnings.

What type of art have you submitted and why?
It is an abstract painting – acrylic on canvas. They were given the opportunity to explore, share, and learn to create different patterns using different tools such as paint brushes, rollers, squeezing bottles and using different styles such flicking paint etc. After a few weeks in art
sessions, the children have learned lots of different ways to paint.

Anything else you’d like to add?
Paint brushes, rollers, squeeze bottles, acrylic paint